Eli Harari

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Eliyahou Harari [1] is an Israeli-American business executive best known for being the co-founder of SanDisk along with Sanjay Mehrotra. [2]

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Early life and education

Harari was born in 1945 in Tel Aviv, Israel. [3] His parents were Polish Jews who at 1933 had immigrated to Palestine before Israel's formation. [3]

He was born and raised in Israel. [4] He completed his Bachelor's Degree at Manchester University in England. He completed his Master's degree in Physics at Princeton University and his subject of study was semiconductors. [4]

Career

Hughes Aircraft

As an engineering intern at Hughes Aircraft, he played a major role in the development of the world's first EEPROM. [4]

Intel

His first job after graduating university was at Intel. He later went to work for a number of startups, including Synertek, Wafer Scale Integration and San Disk. [4]

SanDisk

He and Sanjay Mehrotra co-founded SanDisk in 1988. [2]

Awards and recognition

He has more than 180 patents. [5] He has received numerous awards including:

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References

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  3. 1 2 3 "Eli Harari". National Museum of American History. June 22, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Harari, Eli oral history | 102745933 | Computer History Museum". www.computerhistory.org. June 15, 2011.
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